Jelly slice

Jelly slice

Ingredients:
Base
- 200g of biscuits (of your choice)
- 175g of butter, melted
Middle layer
- 1 can of sweet condensed milk (400g)
- 1 sachet of gelatine (about 10 or 12g)
-  1/2 cup of boiling water
Top layer
- 1 sachet of raspberry jelly crystal
- 1 1/2 cups of boiling water

Method:

- Grease (e.g., oil spray or butter) and line a 30cm x 20cm x 3cm tray with baking paper.
- Crush biscuits in a food processor, or in a plastic bag with a rolling pin, or in my case, I use mortar and pestle. Transfer the crumb to a bowl and mix with melted butter. Place mixture in the prepared tray and press down firmly. Keep in the refrigerator.

Biscuit base

- While the tray is in the refrigerator, pour condensed milk into a bowl. Dissolve gelatine in 1/cup of hot water. Combine gelatine with condensed milk and pour over biscuit base. Refrigerate until cool and set (Approximately for 30 minutes).

Condensed milk mixture and biscuit base

- Dissolve jelly in 1 1/2 cups of hot water. Place in the fridge until cool but not set.
- When condensed milk layer is set, pour cold jelly on top of slice and place in the refrigerator until set and firm.

Top layer - raspberry jelly crystal

- Once the slice is set, remove it out gently from the tray and slice it using a very thin and sharp knife.

All set and ready to slice :)

Notes:
 - The fun about making a slice is you can be creative and mix and match any color of your choice. You can also use a round tin and add a few more different color layers :)

Apple & banana muffin

Ingredients:
- 1 cup of wholemeal plain flour
- 1/4 cup of wholemeal self-raising flour
- 1 tbsp of baking powder
- 1/2 tsp of baking soda
- 1/4 cup of caster sugar
- 1/4 cup of coconut flakes

- 2 tbsp of low or no-fat milk
- 100g of fruit flavored (no-fat) yoghurt
- 1 cup of mashed banana
- 1/2 medium apple, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp of apple sauce, unsweetened
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 egg, beaten
- oil to spray the muffin pan


Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree C, fan-forced
- Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda, and add coconut flakes
- In another bowl, add egg, yoghurt, milk, vanilla and the fruit, mix them well.
- Mix the 2 combinations together well, and spoon into the oil-sprayed muffin pan
- Bake for 15 to 20minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean. :)

Apple Cake

Ingredients:
- 2 cups of self-raising flour (Or 2 cups of plain flour + 2 tsp of baking powder)
- 100g of butter
- 2 medium apples
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tsp of cinnamon to sprinkle on top
(Optional: Ice-cream to serve with)

Method:
- Sift the flour and sugar
- Rub in butter until mixture resembles crumbles,
- Peel and chop apples, fold into flour
- Add beaten egg and milk, mix well
- Spoon into a well-greased pan
- Bake between 40 to 50 min (170 c fan-forced)
- Remove, sprinkle with cinnamon
- Serve warm

Acknowledgement: Thank you Roz for this recipe :)

Pumpkin Soup - Lis's style :)

(6 serves)
Ingredients:
- 2tbs of Olive Oil
- 1 Onion finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 large potato, peeled and diced
- 1 large carrot, peeled and sliced
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander seed
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1kg peeled and diced pumpkin
- 1Litre of Chicken Stock or Vegetable Stock
- 1/2 cup of thin cream (125ml)



Preparation:
1. Heat oil and brown garlic and onion. Add spices, and stir for 2 to 3min.
2. Add carrot and potato, stir through. Add pumpkin and stock, bring to boil and simmer for at least 30minutes. Add cream :)

Or Alternative method:
Before adding the cream, allow the soup to cool slightly then blend. Return soup to the pot, stir through cream and reheat gently.

Served warm with bread :)

Note: You don't have to blend it if you like to enjoy chewing on bits and pieces of vegetable :)

Chicken and Lemongrass, Cambodian Style

Ingredients (4 Serves):
- 400g chicken thigh or breast fillet, sliced
- 4 tbsp Lemongrass paste, Cambodian style*
- 1 medium green capsicum, sliced
- 1 medium onion, cut into wedges
- 1 tbsp chili flake/powder (optional)
- 2 tbsp garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 5 tbsp peanut, crushed
- Rice to serve

Preparation:
- Heat oil in a saucepan, fry garlic until golden brown.
- Add lemongrass paste, chili flakes, stir well and enjoy the smell :)
- Add chicken and the sauces, and stir until the meat is well cooked
- Add capsicum and onion, combine well and add peanut.
- Serve with rice

Note:
* Please see Lemongrass paste recipe

Spicy broccoli and seafood marinara

Ingredients:
- 2 medium broccoli, cut into small florets
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 300g of seafood marinara mix*
- 1 tbsp of finely chopped garlic
- 1 tbsp of finely chopped ginger
- 3 tbsp of Gochujang (Korean chili paste)**
- 1 tbsp of oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp of light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp of fish sauce
- 3 tbsp of cooking oil
- Rice to serve

Preparation:
- Combine the sauce and the chili paste in a small bowl
- Heat the oil the saucepan and fry the garlic and ginger until golden brown, add the seafood mix, carrot slices and 1/3 of the sauce, and stir until half-cooked.
- Add the broccoli and the rest of the sauce, and stir well until combined.
- Serve with rice.

Note:
* Seafood marinara mix is usually a combination of Fish fillet, mussel, squid and prawn
** Vary the amount of chili paste to your favorite and your chili tolerance degree :-)

Stir fried green beans & Chicken

Ingredients:
500g of Green beans, trimmed and cut into 2 pieces
300g of Chicken fillet, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
1 tbsp of fish sauce
2 tbsp of light soy sauce
1 tbsp of Oyster sauce
1 tsp of sugar
5 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
3 tbsp of cooking oil
Pepper

Rice to serve

Preparation:
- Combine the oyster sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce and sugar in a small bowl
- Cook the beans in the boiling water for 2 or 3 minutes until just tender, then set aside.
- Put the oil into the saucepan and fry garlic until brown. Add chicken and half of the sauce, and stir until the chicken is well-cooked.
- Add the sliced carrots and stir for 2min over high heat, then add the green beans and the rest of the sauce ,and stir until well-combined.
- Season with pepper and Serve with rice